#DDA250#DDA250

#DDA250 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.121 H 73.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDA250
RGB	rgb(221, 162, 80)
HSL	hsl(35, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(35, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.7%, 63.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.73, 13.51, 50.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.73, 52.02, 74.95°)
OKLab	oklab(75.27% 0.0352 0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(75.27% 0.121 73.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.1898, 41.7953, 13.3278)
Luminance	0.4179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDA250 #508BDD

analogous

#DD5C50 #DDA250 #D1DD50

triadic

#DDA250 #50DDA2 #A250DD

tetradic

#DDA250 #50DD5C #508BDD #DD50D1

square

#DDA250 #50DD5C #508BDD #DD50D1

split-complementary

#DDA250 #50D1DD #5C50DD

monochromatic

#96631D #C98527 #DDA250 #E7BD83 #F1D8B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#DDA250 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#DDA250 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDA250

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDA250	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDA250	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A548

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B352

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF9390

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dda250;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 162, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.121 73.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecbd84',
    500: '#dda250',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dda250;
$custom-light: #ecbd84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dda250",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.894,
    "s": 67.464,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75265,
    "c": 0.12087,
    "h": 73.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDA250

secondary

#A9C0E0

accent

#86EA3D

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FEF6EF

border

#D6D0CA

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDA250

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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